Mayor Richard Irvin | irvinbourne.com
Mayor Richard Irvin | irvinbourne.com
On September 13, 1917, over 20,000 citizens gathered at the train station located at LaSalle and New York Street in Aurora Downtown to give a passionate send-off to 367 members of the Aurora-based National Guard - Third Infantry Division who would go on to fight in World War I!
They later became members of the 129th Infantry of the 33rd Division.
Photo Credit: Aurora Historical Society
Original source can be found here.
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